EP2986704A4 - CONTACTLESS MICRO-DROPLECTOR DISPENSER AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - Google Patents

CONTACTLESS MICRO-DROPLECTOR DISPENSER AND CORRESPONDING METHOD

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Publication number: EP2986704A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: droplector; dispenser; corresponding method; contactless micro; contactless
Prior art date: 2013-04-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP14784764.4A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2986704A1 (en

EP2986704B1 (en

Inventor

Jay J Li

Normand P Desmarais

James E Rasmussen

Eric Cowden

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc

Original Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2013-04-19

Filing date

2014-04-09

Publication date

2016-12-07

2014-04-09 Application filed by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc filed Critical Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc

2016-02-24 Publication of EP2986704A1 publication Critical patent/EP2986704A1/en

2016-12-07 Publication of EP2986704A4 publication Critical patent/EP2986704A4/en

2019-04-03 Application granted granted Critical

2019-04-03 Publication of EP2986704B1 publication Critical patent/EP2986704B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2034-04-09 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
- B01L3/02—Burettes; Pipettes
- B01L3/0241—Drop counters; Drop formers
- B01L3/0265—Drop counters; Drop formers using valves to interrupt or meter fluid flow, e.g. using solenoids or metering valves
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
- B01L3/02—Burettes; Pipettes
- B01L3/0241—Drop counters; Drop formers
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
- B01L3/02—Burettes; Pipettes
- B01L3/0241—Drop counters; Drop formers
- B01L3/0268—Drop counters; Drop formers using pulse dispensing or spraying, eg. inkjet type, piezo actuated ejection of droplets from capillaries
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L2200/00—Solutions for specific problems relating to chemical or physical laboratory apparatus
- B01L2200/16—Reagents, handling or storing thereof
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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- B01L2300/00—Additional constructional details
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- B01L2300/00—Additional constructional details
- B01L2300/18—Means for temperature control
- B01L2300/1894—Cooling means; Cryo cooling
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
- B01L2400/02—Drop detachment mechanisms of single droplets from nozzles or pins
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
- B01L2400/02—Drop detachment mechanisms of single droplets from nozzles or pins
- B01L2400/021—Drop detachment mechanisms of single droplets from nozzles or pins non contact spotting by inertia, i.e. abrupt deceleration of the nozzle or pin
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
- B01L2400/04—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means
- B01L2400/0475—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure
- B01L2400/0487—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure fluid pressure, pneumatics
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
- B01L2400/06—Valves, specific forms thereof
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
- B01L2400/08—Regulating or influencing the flow resistance
- B01L2400/082—Active control of flow resistance, e.g. flow controllers
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L7/00—Heating or cooling apparatus; Heat insulating devices
- B01L7/50—Cryostats
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N35/00—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor
- G01N35/10—Devices for transferring samples or any liquids to, in, or from, the analysis apparatus, e.g. suction devices, injection devices
- G01N2035/1027—General features of the devices
- G01N2035/1034—Transferring microquantities of liquid

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Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Clinical Laboratory Science (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
Automatic Analysis And Handling Materials Therefor (AREA)
Feeding, Discharge, Calcimining, Fusing, And Gas-Generation Devices (AREA)
Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
Nozzles (AREA)
Devices For Use In Laboratory Experiments (AREA)

EP14784764.4A 2013-04-19 2014-04-09 Non-contact micro droplet dispenser Active EP2986704B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201361813700P	2013-04-19	2013-04-19
PCT/US2014/033415 WO2014172152A1 (en)	2013-04-19	2014-04-09	Non-contact micro droplet dispenser and method

Publications (3)

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EP2986704A1 EP2986704A1 (en)	2016-02-24
EP2986704A4 true EP2986704A4 (en)	2016-12-07
EP2986704B1 EP2986704B1 (en)	2019-04-03

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EP14784764.4A Active EP2986704B1 (en)	2013-04-19	2014-04-09	Non-contact micro droplet dispenser

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US10486152B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP2986704B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP6433982B2 (en)
WO (1)	WO2014172152A1 (en)

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